We All Want More Representation | Chronic Illness in Media

<p>Final Part of the Valentine's Series: Alaina and Claire discuss representation of chronic illness in film. Alaina looks at <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281358/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">A Walk to Remember</a>, Claire talks about <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098384/">Steel Magnolias</a> and the strange number of horror movies about diabetes. They talk about the damaging way chronic illness is portrayed, when it's portrayed at all. Alaina talks about the trope of the "sick woman." Claire reminds people to share their stories. Both agree for people with chronic illness or without that representation is important. They end with comments from all of you with your movie recommendations (or anti-recommendations).</p> <ul> <li>Pixar, Turning Red: <a class="waffle-rich-text-link" style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;" href= "https://www.popsugar.com/family/pixar-turning-red-features-character-with-diabetes-48429698"> https://www.popsugar.com/family/pixar-turning-red-features-character-with-diabetes-48429698</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> </span></li> <li>Encanto: <a href= "https://movies.disney.com/encanto">https://movies.disney.com/encanto</a></li> <li>Sick Girl Trope: <a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href= "https://the-take.com/watch/the-sick-girl-trope-explained">https://the-take.com/watch/the-sick-girl-trope-explained</a> ;</li> <li>Me Before You Controversy: <a class= "waffle-rich-text-link" href= "https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/06/me-before-you-disabled-community-controversy">https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/06/me-before-you-disabled-community-controversy</a> </li> </ul>